Be An Ocean

Be An Ocean

Be an ocean,

my friend.

Be both gentle

and strong.

Let your words

and deeds

be nurturing

---a cleansing bath,

with touch easy

and true,

yet be ready

to be the storm

when comes time

to clean house.

Be tender,

be patient,

letting things

happen

in their

own time,

yet be ready

to take

the initiative

when others

lag behind.

Be simple

as water

made only

of three atoms

yet within you,

carry the supple

springs of life.

Be an ocean,

my friend,

both gentle

and strong.

Be as deep as all

the rolling seas

knowing

that within

your being

you keep

a vast cosmos

of ideas, emotions

and ideals alive.

Be an ocean,

my friend,

both gentle

and strong.

Dewey Dirks